Submissions to the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
What is the real history of the struggle for liberation?
(Presented by Dr BN Ngubane)
Historic overview
Origins of apartheid and the nature of
Black opposition to it
Means and Ends
Deepening of divisions in Black politics
Sustained hopes against all odds
Operational bases abroad
The costs of delayed liberation
The felt need for internal action
Fill the vacuum
Offer of help and its rejection
The perceived primacy of the armed struggle and its costs
Threats to membership-based organisations
Again the question of means and ends
Black South Africa's political traditions
The traditions of the people are for all politics
The roots of Inkatha
Black unity
The need for unity in diversity
History taught the limitations of violence
Lost opportunities
Apartheid a stumbling block to reasonableness in Black
politics and Black disorder in the face of new challenges
The context of black disunity
The Pan Africanist Congress - ANC criticism
The basis of real black unity
A call for a unifying perspective
The Buthelezi/Naude initiative
The good offices of Frelimo
The ANC's response to the call for unity by Buthelezi and Naude
Oliver Tambo's message to Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi
